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linda letters linda letters daily life of a retired teacher living in seattle thursday april 30 2026 may day today is may day the first day in the merry month of may i can t help but think that may day is also a call for help many in our country and our world are crying for help but the outlook isn t promising and today i promised you flowers the last part of april had been so beautiful here and as we roll into may the sunshine continues and the sequence of blooming keeps on surprising we still have tulips we have the usual one glorious bloom on our tree peony columbine are just starting to bloom it s rhododendron time and the few we have are beginning their show r cynthia is an old rhodie that hasn t bloomed much lately but this year she is looking lovely our extended family just recently lost a wonderful woman named cynthia maybe she s saying remember me we will r king george is magnificent it is also fragrant i don t remember this purple one s name the beds once bare in winter are now bursting with new growth the first welsh poppies are blooming a few arisaema s are hiding here and there common name jack in pulpit but these are not the native ones on the front porch the lewisia s are blooming and there are still apple blossoms happy may day happy spring at april 30 2026 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday april 29 2026 work it s the last day of april and we have been busy once the cold rain stopped we have spent much of each day outside working or plant shopping we lost most of this big old aucuba in the earlier snow storm and discovered that the trunk was mostly rotten tom removed it and we bought a replacement it will take a while for the new shrub to fill in any space and we may never see that but there are plenty of ground covers ready to grab the light and take over for now tom also removed a heavily pruned fir tree that was too tired to continue the euonymus should put on some size an a few years the secret garden is a little less hidden but cleaned up and ready for chairs the brush pile in the driveway is growing tom s geraniums are moving outside cleaning up in mostly what i do today i cleaned up the back wall of the house the patio side removing all of the plaques and nozzles in our collections removing spiders and webs and dust and pollen and putting them back in their places the patio has been cleaned up and impatiens and plectranthus are planted along the edge the big pots have been cleaned up hands and knees work is hard for me but i manage with plenty of grunts and groans the blue pots on the front porch are planted with impatiens too the bonsai have been moved out of their winter cover and are back on display and inside work is finally continuing on the water damage of the snow storm of weeks ago today the ceiling drywall was patched the popcorn has been scraped off the whole ceiling work will continue through mudding and texturing and painting and them tacking the carpet back down where it was lifted to dry out it s a process pemco insurance has already reimbursed us so now we just need the contractor to get it done we ll be doing more work but maybe at a slower pace a nd with may day on friday i promise you a few pretty flowers at april 29 2026 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday april 22 2026 earth day 2026 earth day was wet it rained a lot but a few of us intrepid members of our garden club braved the chilly rain to tour a special place we only learned about recently from an article in the sunday magazine section of the seattle times shadow lake bog part of shadow lake preserve is an area of about 22 acres salvaged from construction and years of dumping to reveal an 8 to 10 thousand year old sphagnum moss hemlock peat bog hidden in a semi rural neighborhood east of renton wa the small lake and area were renamed shadow to stand for save habitat and diversity of wetlands our guide was a young woman environmental scientist the area is privately owned by a benefactor with support from king county while moss on the ground formed the peat bog moss is everywhere decaying trees and plant life will continue the process of bog building salmon berry is blooming bracket fungus skunk cabbage now entering the peat bog itself moss of various kinds cover the forest floor formed over thousands of years originally in a bowl shaped depression the peat here is about 80 feet deep mounds of moss it was a wonderful experience to be able to see and learn about this treasure of nature being conserved for all to enjoy and learn about we did a little more trail walking in the preserve before we succumbed to the rain and met up for lunch and conversation at a local restaurant it was a memorable earth day at april 22 2026 9 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me linda reeder seattle wa united states i am a retired 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